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Hello and welcome to NW Portland Lunchtime Hoops. New players, please read this information first before joining the group:

This group is for experienced, skilled, and knowledgeable basketball players only. Most of our members played high school varsity and some played college. Many of us have seen a year or ten pass since those days so our brain may be a bit quicker than our feet but this is a high level game. If you don't play regularly at a competitive level this is not the group for you. Having said that, we welcome new members and we are friendly so if you are not sure then come play with us and we will see how you fit in. Just be aware that we will let you know if it is not a good fit.

Lunchtime hoops is a guaranteed game at a set time with guaranteed playing time. No winner stays and no sitting out for a game. Show up, play, leave.

We believe that more players will want to play lunchtime hoops if they know the game will be played at a high level with no scrubs. We hope that all of you will spread the word about our game to other good players.

We organize competitive pickup games on weekdays during lunch. If you are looking to play pickup in the evenings or on weekends, please visit our friends at http://portlandbasketball.com and click on Pick-to-Play.

We absolutely despise no shows. To that end, if you signup and no show, you must pay a $10 penalty to the "free game fund" in order to play again. Once we have enough money in the "free game fund" then the game is free to everyone. We sincerely hope that we never have a free game because we do not want any no shows.

You must signup for each game here. We will have a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 14 players. We have an automatic waiting list if we already have 14 signed in so that you will be notified if someone signs out.

We are not making a profit as all fees are paid directly to the gyms.

Jerseys are not provided. Each player must bring a white shirt and any color dark shirt -- or a reversible white-dark jersey.

We will have two 30-35 minute halves. Running time in the first half until the last 10 seconds. Running time in the second half until the last two minutes if the difference is six points or less. Any time the difference is seven points or more the clock runs and any time it is six or less it stops. Please note this is slightly different than portlandbasketball rules for the last two minutes.

We will substitute in rotation every 4-5 minutes so all players will get the same amount of playing time.

Organizer will make the teams in an attempt to make the game as evenly matched as possible.

If one team is ahead by more than 20 points at halftime the game will be declared a skunk and the organizer will make new teams for the second half.